Author: Esme Brett
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Mon Oncle . Dir. Jacques Tati. Gaumont (France), Continental Distributing (USA). 1958.
The release of Mon Oncle (Gaumont, France) in 1958 saw the return of Monsieur Hulot to cinema screens, following the successful Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot five years previously. The first of Tati’s films to be released in colour, the film follows the character of Hulot (Jacques Tati), an awkward but incredibly endearing man, and…
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Mon Oncle. Dir. Jacques Tati. Gaumont (France), Continental Distributing (USA). 1958.
Mon Oncle (1958), as many of Jacques Tati’s films, focuses on the character of Monsieur Hulot, a bumbling but lovable man who fights a constant battle against the modern architecture and consumerist culture of post-war France. His use of the old cultural form of silent comedy to do so means that the film is predominantly…